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Psychological thriller Alan Wake may be shown off in a new trailer at the Finnish premiere of the Max Payne film on 15th October.

Sony will be kicking off a new initiative for SingStar tomorrow with the arrival of two Queen-themed SongPacks.

Nintendo may be planning to unveil new Wii hardware at the press conference it's holding tomorrow.

David Jaffe has said he is "happy" with the choice of Brett Ratner as director of the God of War film.

EA has abandoned work on Command & Conquer shooter Tiberium.

MTV and Harmonix have signed an exclusive collection of live AC/DC tracks for Rock Band.

Talk about strange bedfellows.

German publisher dtp Entertainment has revealed that it's working on a new MMO set in a "multiverse" of virtual realities called Otherland.

EA plans to reinforce Mercenaries 2 with free downloadable content this month (pinch, punch, etc.) and a bigger update in November.

Valve plans to offer a demo of Left 4 Dead "shortly before release", which is 18th November on Steam and 21st November in shops.

Sony Online Entertainment and Flying Lab's 18th-century naval MMO, Pirates of the Burning Sea, is offering free trials for the first time since it launched early this year.

LucasArts has announced it's working on downloadable content for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

Sony has announced that it will show off 11 new PlayStation 3 games in playable form at the Tokyo Game Show, along with three new titles for the PSP.

The new game from Keita Takahashi, Nobi Nobi Boy, will be demoed at the Tokyo Game Show next week.

Tower defence has had such a good run on the internet - and now on downloadable services - that it was only a matter of time before someone bound it to an isometric RPG and stuffed it full of spiky hair and hitpoints. With that matter of time now up, Lock's Quest throws us into the world of archineers - canny builders who erect massive fortifications in minutes and then run around shoring them up while Frankenstein's clockwork robots bash away from the outside.

SEGA plans to release Valkyria Chronicles exclusively on PS3 from 14th November.

Eidos has surprised us like the Vietcong with plans to release a sequel to Shellshock on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 before Christmas.

Microsoft has said Xbox 360 sales have increased by 214 per cent following the simultaneous price cut of all three models in Europe.

Microsoft has finished maintenance work on Xbox Live.

Fable 2 is so close, you can almost taste it. After what seemed like endless delays and date slips, the first game won the hearts of many with its charming presentation, surprisingly open world and the ability to be a bisexual bigamist who sacrificed innocent villagers. At least that's how we played it.

Valve has decided to host mods on digital distribution platform Steam.

There's no getting around the fact that the very name Runes of Magic sounds generic. And indeed, once you're past the character creation screen of this free-to-play MMORPG - where female avatars appear, primed to go into battle in metal panties and armoured stockings - the game itself doesn't refute this impression. However, games are generic, by and large, and to be considered thus isn't that much of a slur.

The Nintendo Wii has cemented its position as the most sought after console on the UK market according to new chart data.

Lionhead technical art director Ian Lovett has told Eurogamer that the game's original "visual mission statement" was "that we wanted Fable 2 to be like Fable, but done by Ridley Scott".

Spellborn International, Dutch developer of the fantasy MMO Chronicles of Spellborn, has confirmed that the game will have a free-to-play starting zone, but that you will need to pay a subscription if you want to explore the entire game.

Nintendo may be planning to release an official Wii pedometer peripheral - emulating UK studio New Concept's Wii Jog device.

PopCap will release the third instalment in the Bejeweled series next month.

After completing 12 PSP titles, Rebellion has told GamesIndustry.biz that it's now fully focused on home consoles, with a sequel to Eidos' Shellshock the first PS3 and 360 title from the UK studio.

A rather belated sequel to Frozenbyte's 2006 sci-fi shooter, Survivor still does little to mask the debt to Aliens and the many similar titles inspired by James Cameron's militaristic bug hunt over the years. Most notably, it's almost a dead ringer for Team 17's beloved Alien Breed, updated with a slinky graphical makeover and a light underlay of RPG levelling. This alone should make it of interest to many gamers of a certain age.

Ascaron has popped out a PC demo for action role-playing game Sacred 2.